LMAO at the idea that Shane isn't a draw. Shane vs Taker was just about the only match that had any hype going in to it last year. And yeah, the casual veiwer will totally be interested in another Shane match, if only to see what his big spot will be. Shane is a draw. And honestly, I think him and AJ will put on a pretty entertaining match. AJ can carry him unlike Taker last year.
AJ vs Shane will be better because AJ isn't a broken down 50 year old man who even in his younger days was not the guy you put with lesser talented workers and expected a good match to come out of it. AJ is one of the best all-round workers in the world and still in his prime, possibly nearing the downside of it but still in his prime none the less. The match had hype because people hadn't seen Shane for seven years and there was a story there that felt like maybe, just maybe something was finally going to change within the company creatively and we'd be free from Raw being the Stephanie/Triple H Authority Fun Hour(s). But then it meant, like most stuff in the company anymore, nothing. Eventually they managed to retrofit the angle into the brand split which could've worked without either of them. Shane is still viewed as "the good McMahon".
EDIT: Forgot, many were hopeful that the finish to the match would involve Cena "screwing" Undertaker so Shane would win which would lead to them having a match this year but also a nope on that.
When you simplistically breakdown a Shane match like that, I can make ANY wrestling match seem like shit. Reality though? He has exciting memorable matches that fans still talk about
AJ should be lucky he got paired with Shane
Sure it's a simplistic breakdown but that's Shane's matches in a nutshell, it's a bad rendition of the standard baby face match formula made worse because Shane is not a wrestler. If you want to call him a wrestler, okay fine as a wrestler he's the modern day George Gulas. All I see with Shane anymore is a guy who isn't a wrestler who is made to look like the toughest guy on in the company, last year him doing that dumb spot and then still getting up from it really highlighted that. Shane McMahon is the toughest guy to ever be in the company going by the logic of how he's presented. Mick Foley with his falls that could've legit killed him, off the old, small by comparison Cell, ain't got shit on him. Shane makes a good rag doll, that's it. AJ could have a great match with a Wrestling Buddy and Shane's only a couple steps up from that.
This thing with AJ is just going to lead to WrestleMania cheering for him and probably booing Shane which which I hope is the desired effect. We're already seeing it happen on Smackdown with AJ getting bigger cheers and rightly so because from the writing he's the face in this scenario even with that terribly over produced ambush that can be viewed as deserved on Shane's end for screwing AJ over.
I hope AJ is getting paid more being "main event" number five or six with Shane than he would anyone that could've potentially been used in Shane's place and I hope he doesn't get hurt carrying Shane in the process.
